Hey martin - just back from greenman; agree with you entirely, what an amazing festival. great music, incredible settings, good food, clean toilets, barely a w*nker to be found

apologies for not approaching you after your set (had intended to, but got distracted by a random glimpse of 2 of my best friends who i've not seen for several years - it was they who requested betsi's beads, as it happens) or indeed when I was sat about 2 feet away from you, using the wall as support during marissa nadler. loved your folky set - especially the reworking of vote you - in spite of the electronic gremlins, and think the rest of the festival did too. sparking up to the intro of good life, then getting warmed by the emerging sun - that and the next five minutes were probably my best of the whole weekend. i notice several people have you down as a highlight on the greenman website messageboards.

other personal highlights were m ward and gruff on friday, but generally anything i stumbled on in the cafe, but in particular nancy cunliffe and - of course - meic stevens.

The bit about bc says:
Since relocating to Cardiff, Brave Captain (on at The Cafe) has built upon his Boo Radleys heritage to develop a very special and idiosyncratic sound, all wrapped around his intrinsic knack for a good tune.

dead of winter
vote you
i feel asleep on a hill
good life
i am a lion/born into this
big black pig pile
hamilton square
someone i'd never met

Any chance of ever hearing those "new" tunes?

x_________________"fashioned by the blade of a world that doesn't care,
feeling so removed, drifting thru stealing air then...
pause and think about it, try to move and shift the pain, but it's there you feel it kicking and you scream and feel alive."

ok, so again i totally suck, first time i've checked in here for about 3 months, but it's my 26th birthday today, wasted in a hostel in a budapest having seen hungary (and akos buszaky legend), erm, demolish malta 2-0 iin budapest. well what can i say? advertisements...is still pretty much a daily listen, green man was again the best british festival and martin, sorry, we never fully caught up in the way i had meant, chicago is the best city in the world and elliott smith is still the biggest waste of musical talent ever. another year older, wishing i wasnt and that i didnt care, my last relationship lastest 3 weeks and she was more special to me than anything i can recall, and even if it wasn't special she worked in a library so at least she paid off all my fines.

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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 14:36 Post subject:

Aw, you sound sad Billy...
Relationships are amazing and rubbish, but not at the same time. fortunately the amazing bits make up for the rubbish hopefully though...
But Happy Birthday anyway! And 26 is definitely not old!